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Incline Village residents could soon be required to store their garbage in bear-resistant containers in a change that might set the stage for similar actions in other bear-prone areas of Washoe County and elsewhere along the Carson Range.

The proposal by officials with the Incline Village General Improvement District comes during a summer of mounting problems posed by garbage-raiding black bears and a rising outcry from residents who insist too many bears are being killed as a result.